Blood Supply Flashcards
(31 cards)
The _____ supply goes to the brain and the ____ drainage from the brain
Arterial; venous
Impaired blood flow to the brain causes
Lesion, most common - stroke
The blood supply is via ______
HINT: 2 arterial systems
Internal Carotid and vertebral Basilar
The internal carotid artery (ICA) supplies the
Anterior brain
At the level of the optic chiasm, the ICA divides into to branches ____ and ___
Anterior cerebral Artery (ACA)
Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA)
The anterior cerebral artery supplies
Orbital and medial aspects of the frontal lobe
Medial parietal lobe
Superior corpus callosum
Interruption of the ACA can result in
Paralysis of the leafs and feet.
Lower extremities are represented
Anterior Communicating Artery (AC)
Connects the 2 ACA and forms the anterior arc of the circle of willis
Damage to the middle cerebral artery may result in
Apraxia
Aphasia
Reading and writing difficulties
Impaired sensory system
The middles cerebral artery runs laterally in ____ and between ____ and _____
Sylvia; temporal lobe and insula
Which artery arises from the Common Carotid artery?
Internal carotid artery
The _______ arises from the ICA near the optic tract
Posterior communicating artery
The posterior cerebral arteries supply
HINT: 7
Lower diencephalon Cerebellum Brainstem Anterior temporal lobe Inferior temporal gyrus Occipital cortex (primary visual cortex) Splenium corpus callosum
What does the circle of willis connect?
The vertebral-basilar arteries and the Internal Carotid systems
What is the role of the circle of willis?
To serve as a safety valve in the event of interruption to blood flow
What causes a stroke?
Sudden deprivation of blood to the brain
What does thrombosis mean
Clot in artery
Embolism is a
Traveling clot
T/F: the circle of willis contains all but the posterior cerebral artery
False; middle cerebral artery
Which areas are served by the MCA?
Broca’s, Wernicke’s, Supramarginal Gyrus, Areas 3, 1, 2, angular gyrus, somatosensory cortex, Heschl’s gyrus, thalamus, basal ganglia, internal capsule
At what level does the ICA divide into its two branches?
Optic chiasm
The Anterior Cerebral Artery serves the
Orbital and medial frontal lobes; medial parietal lobe; superior corpus callosum
The vertebral basilar is located at the
Posterior brain and above the tentorium cerebelli
The internal carotid is located at the
Anterior brain and above the tentorum cerebelli